Politics

Court invalidates amended Rivers LG Law 

The Rivers State High Court has invalidated the amended Local Government Law proposed by the Martins Amaewhule faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The ruling was delivered in a suit numbered PHC/1320/CS/2024, which challenged the extension of tenure for LG chairmen for six months after the expiration of their term. Justice D.G. Kio, presiding over the case, declared…

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Atiku, Obi united by desperation to be president, says APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar are both connected by their shared desperation to lead Nigeria and their abhorrent contempt for President Bola Tinubu’s amazing and laser-like dedication to Nigeria’s change. According to the APC, their constant hunt for suitable party platforms to carry out their presidential bid only serves to highlight how…

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Assist us in removing Ganduje, APC North-central tells North-west

After the suspension of All Progressives Congress (APC), National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje by his Kano State Ward, the ensuing legal disputes and the crisis it has caused, the North Central APC Forum has asked its North West counterpart for assistance in removing Ganduje from office so that the region (North Central) can regain the seat. The forum forbade the North…

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Rivers Assembly screens 8 commissioner-nominees

Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly led by factional Speaker, Victor Oko-Jumbo, will today (Tuesday) screen eight commissioner-nominees presented to them by Governor Siminalayi Fubara. In a letter on Monday, the assembly’s Clerk, Dr G, N Gillis-West invited the nominees to appear before the House. The screening is expected to commence by 10 a.m. The letter, titled ‘Public…

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Jonathan sues for peace in Rivers

By Innocent Raphael Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for a truce in the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State, urging the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to collaborate for the benefit of the state. Jonathan made this appeal on Monday during the unveiling of the Trans-Kalabari Road project in Rivers State.…

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There’s a conspiracy against Tinubu in the North, Prof Kailani alleges

The Director-General of the Confederation of All Progressives Congress Support Groups (CASG), Prof. Kailani Muhammad, has alerted President Bola Tinubu to the fact that he is the target of a plot to undermine him in the run-up to the 2027 presidential election. Prof. Kailani gave the warning over the weekend in Abuja. According to him, “Our president should open his…

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Reconcile aggrieved APC members, Speaker Abbas urges Ganduje

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has advised the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to form reconciliation committees to settle the disputes among disgruntled party members across the country. The speaker offered the advice on Sunday at the APC stakeholders meeting in Kaduna. After multiple party crises, the…

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Obidient Movement inaugurates harmonization committee to foster national unity

By Innocent Raphael Ahead of the 2027 presidential elections, supporters of former Anambra governor Peter Obi, known as the Obidient Movement, have established a harmonization committee aimed at promoting peace, unity, and reconciliation across Nigeria. The committee was inaugurated over the weekend in Abuja, the nation’s capital, and includes representatives from all six geopolitical zones of the country to ensure…

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BREAKING: Ex- Labour Minister, Ajibola Afonja dies at 82

A former Minister of Labour and Productivity under the Interim National Government, Prince Ajibola Afonja is dead. Afonja who served as a minister under the short-lived interim administration of late Chief Ernest Shonekan, died on Sunday night at the University College Hospital (UCH), in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The former Chairman of First Bank passed on at the age…

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Ogun APC hits Daniel over statement on Agro-Cargo Airport, others

…says his comment represents hallucination of a serial failure The Ogun State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has carpeted the former Governor of the State and Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, over his recent interview on some of the projects going on in the State. Daniel, in a recent interview said he initiated…

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